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Holly, mistletoe and a candy cane

December 21, 2021December 21, 2021 Sarah

Why does everything that seems like a couple of years ago turn out to actually be four? The last two Covid years seem to take up no space at all in remembering when things happened. Anyway, four years ago I coloured a version of this digi stamp — it comes with three versions: one with… Continue reading Holly, mistletoe and a candy cane

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic1 Comment
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Foiled Christmas trios

December 18, 2021December 15, 2021 Sarah

Whenever I make anything there are the inevitable odds and ends that are left over and they tend to get unceremoniously dumped into a convenient box and forgotten about. Over time I had accumulated at least four such piles and I decided it was time to have a sort through. Nothing much got thrown out… Continue reading Foiled Christmas trios

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Glittery Christmas trees

December 15, 2021December 15, 2021 Sarah

I never really got a lot of use out of my Brother Scan-n-Cut — it was always hard work trying to get a clean cut from it — in theory it should have been great, but in practice I just didn't get on with it. Then my other half bought me a Cricut Maker and… Continue reading Glittery Christmas trees

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Bunny wrapped up warm

December 14, 2021December 14, 2021 Sarah

Mice for my mum and bunnies for my sister-in-law — it's become traditional when it comes to card-making. Everyone else gets random subjects on their cards, but these two are very rarely altered; even when I gave mum a snowman card last year, I put a little mouse inside. This bunny is one of a… Continue reading Bunny wrapped up warm

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic, critter2 Comments
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Powertex landscape cards

December 8, 2021December 8, 2021 Sarah

I'd seen a few "small square on a card base" Christmas card designs go past on blogs and Pinterest, so that's where the basic layout for these came from. Other than that, I just wanted to create little wintery landscapes. To make it a bit different, I decided to use some Powertex. "Powertex is the… Continue reading Powertex landscape cards

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Christmouse carols

December 7, 2021December 6, 2021 Sarah

The biggest problem I have when it comes to colouring digi stamps these days is deciding what to do for the background. Especially for images like this one which are crying out for a scene rather than a plain background. I used to be happy putting a bit of a shadow underneath, but then I… Continue reading Christmouse carols

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic, critter3 Comments
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Spiced orange pomander

December 1, 2021November 29, 2021 Sarah

Another Power Poppy digi stamp gets coloured for the first time. I could have just added a sentiment and created a simple Christmas card with it, but somewhere along the way I had the idea to turn it into a shaker card. I haven't made one of those for ages... checks... four years apparently. The… Continue reading Spiced orange pomander

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Forest finds baubles

November 24, 2021November 18, 2021 Sarah

Yes, it's another Power Poppy digi stamp — I love the quirky arrangement of the baubles and it's something a little different. I wasn't really thinking about the layout of a card when I coloured this (I was not making Christmas cards, I was just doing some relaxing colouring) so I had to do a… Continue reading Forest finds baubles

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Violet bow

November 17, 2021November 16, 2021 Sarah

Today is one of those days where I keep staring at the text editor and try to come up with another way of describing my card-making process, al the while my brain is sitting there resolutely refusing to come up with any relevant words. So, as this blog post is supposed to go up tomorrow… Continue reading Violet bow

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic1 Comment
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Acorn ornaments

November 10, 2021November 9, 2021 Sarah

Well, I thought I'd bought this digital stamp the year before last, but apparently it was four years ago! Where does the time go...? Anyway, this was the first time I've coloured it — I love the ornaments, but I was having problems figuring out how to make them work on a card. Then I… Continue reading Acorn ornaments

Tagged Christmas card, colouring, Copic2 Comments
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Snowman under the moon

October 30, 2021October 25, 2021 Sarah

When I coloured this (and a handful of other images) for the 30 Day Colouring challenge back in August I was quite clear that I was not making Christmas cards, I was just doing some colouring that happened to be wintry in nature. Then, a couple of weeks ago, I sat down and turned them… Continue reading Snowman under the moon

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Christmas bunny

December 21, 2020December 18, 2020 Sarah

This Christmas bunny is just right for the last of the individual cards I needed to make for those relatives who really appreciate them. The sky background is the first lesson in the Starlight Starbright class from Sandy Allnock over on Art Classes. It's a really simple one, but anyone who uses with Copic markers… Continue reading Christmas bunny

Tagged bunny, Christmas card, colouring, Copic3 Comments
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Striped joy

December 18, 2020December 17, 2020 Sarah

My only real plan when I started making these cards was that I wanted to make some striped panels to use as the base. I have a box of card scraps and the smaller bits get cut into randomly sized strips to use on things like this. I quickly decided that I didn't want a… Continue reading Striped joy

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Alcohol ink Merry Christmas

December 17, 2020December 17, 2020 Sarah

This is the basic design I planned to use when I was thinking about making this batch of cards, but it is not the technique I was hoping to experiment with. I had thought that I would use the Alcohol Lift Ink pad that has been lurking in my stash for ages along with the… Continue reading Alcohol ink Merry Christmas

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Let it snow snowflakes

December 16, 2020December 13, 2020 Sarah

Another simple, small batch of Christmas cards. I'm not sure how many more cards I'll make this year — I have a couple more ideas that I definitely want to have a go at, but I'm also super aware of time passing and also that Royal Mail deliveries have been getting a bit sluggish since… Continue reading Let it snow snowflakes

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